Merrill Reese – Eagles play by play announcer (1977- present) Merrill Reese has been the voice of the Philadelphia Eagles for over 40 years. He is the longest-tenured play-by-play announcer in the NFL. Reese, a native-Philadelphian, was born on September 2nd, 1942. He made his play-be-play debut on December 11th, 1977 in an Eagles 17-14 home win over the New York Giants in game 13 of the 1977 season. Reese’s 1st full season doing play-by-play was the NFL’s 1st 16-game season. In his 40+seasons in the booth, Merrill Reese has never missed a single game. In honor of Reese finally getting a Super Bowl Ring on Thursday, here’s a look at the career of Merrill Reese by the numbers. Let the celebration begin!
5 – color commentators during his Eagles tenure (Herb Adderley, Jim Barniak, Bill Bergey, Stan Walters, and Mike Quick).
10 – Head Coaches
8 – Hall of Famers
39 – Quarterbacks
3 – Team owners
672 – Consecutive Eagles games called (634 reg season, 38 playoffs)
368 – Called Eagles wins (350 reg season, 18 playoffs)
300 – Called Eagles losses (280 reg season, 20 playoffs)
4 – Called Eagles ties
1,641 – Career Eagles Touchdown calls (1,552 reg season, 89 playoffs)
986 – Career “It’s Goooood!” Eagles Field Goals called (927 reg season, 59 playoffs)
64 – Career pick-6’s called (57 reg season, 7 playoffs)
Congrats to Merrill Reese and the entire Eagles family on their Super Bowl Rings!
